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English · Writing Composition · ages 7-11
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Sam wrote: 'The dog was nice.' Which word choice makes the sentence more precise?

    • nice
    • gentle
    • okay

  2. Which sentence has a spelling mistake?

    • The cat sat on the mat.
    • She recieved a letter.
    • He ran to the park.

  3. Reading your writing aloud can help you notice mistakes you did not see before.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Fix the tense in this sentence: 'Yesterday, I go to the library.'

    • Yesterday, I went to the library.
    • Yesterday, I going to the library.
    • Yesterday, I goes to the library.

  5. Find the punctuation mistake: 'Where are you going.'

    • Missing a question mark
    • Missing a comma
    • Missing a capital letter

  6. Which sentence uses a more specific word instead of 'good'?

    • The story was good.
    • The story was thrilling.
    • The story was okay.

  7. Read this: 'I like cats. My cat is nice. My dog is nice too.' What change would most improve it?

    • Add more full stops.
    • Make every sentence longer.
    • Change 'nice' to different, more precise words for each pet.

  8. Which sentence has both a spelling mistake and a missing capital letter?

    • the dog runned home.
    • The dog ran home.
    • The dog runned home.
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  1. gentle · 'Nice' is vague. 'Gentle' tells the reader exactly what kind of dog it is.
  2. She recieved a letter. · 'Recieved' breaks the i-before-e rule. The correct spelling is 'received'.
  3. True · Your ears often catch problems, like missing words or clunky sentences, that your eyes skip over when reading silently.
  4. Yesterday, I went to the library. · 'Yesterday' shows the sentence is about the past, so the verb should be 'went', not 'go'.
  5. Missing a question mark · This sentence asks a question, so it needs a question mark instead of a full stop.
  6. The story was thrilling. · 'Thrilling' tells the reader exactly how exciting the story felt. 'Good' does not say much on its own.
  7. Change 'nice' to different, more precise words for each pet. · Using the same vague word twice makes the writing repetitive. Words like 'playful' or 'loyal' would describe each pet more clearly.
  8. the dog runned home. · It starts with a lowercase 'the' and uses 'runned' instead of 'ran'. Two mistakes to fix, not just one.
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